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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of bird does Maria watch at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) A sparrow.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A blue jay.
(d) A hummingbird.

2. Whom does Freddy Chaikin tell Maria he will show film to if she wants to work again?
(a) Morty Landau.
(b) Jack Nicholson.
(c) Al Pacino.
(d) George Clooney.

3. Besides Carter, who might be the father of Maria's baby?
(a) Larry Kulik.
(b) BZ.
(c) Les Goodwin.
(d) Freddy.

4. According to Helene, who are the people BZ's mother Carlotta "can't bear"?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Irish.
(d) Germans.

5. When Helene arrives at the hospital to see Maria as the novel opens, what is she told?
(a) That Mrs. Lang is resting.
(b) That Maria is swimming.
(c) That Mrs. Wyeth has been discharged.
(d) That Maria is sleeping.

6. What does Maria say to the baby after Carter warns her about the baby getting chilled?
(a) "Your father wants to talk to you."
(b) "Mommy will be right back."
(c) "Mommy will take care of it."
(d) "Your father loves you."

7. What pastime does Maria begin to do after Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) Walk through the park.
(b) Swim in the ocean.
(c) Run the boardwalk.
(d) Drive the freeway.

8. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) She is cleaning marijuana with a kitchen strainer.
(b) She is crying on the IRT.
(c) She is thrown into negative and looks dead.
(d) She is arguing on the telephone.

9. What does the man who doesn't like artificial lemon juice at BZ and Helene's do for a living?
(a) He's a lawyer.
(b) He's a therapist.
(c) He's a writer.
(d) He's a masseur.

10. What does BZ tell Maria about an actress who was admitted to UCLA Neuropsychiatric?
(a) That she had fainted of exhaustion.
(b) That she had overdosed.
(c) That she had shot her husband.
(d) That she had cut her wrists.

11. What kind of pants is the man who takes Maria to the house for the abortion wearing?
(a) Jeans.
(b) Plaid pants.
(c) White duck pants.
(d) Dark blue pants.

12. What is the name of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) Angel Kiss.
(b) Angel Fire.
(c) Angel Heart.
(d) Angel Beach.

13. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Midnight snack.

14. How many days does Maria realize she has not been bleeding?
(a) Fifty one.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Ninety.

15. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) "I thought you wanted me to."
(b) "You weren't supposed to be here."
(c) "All my things are here, aren't they?"
(d) "I paid for it, didn't I?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the domestic and foreign gross of the second picture Carter made with Maria?

2. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."

3. What is the name of the first picture Carter made with Maria that never got distributed?

4. When BZ comes over, what does Maria ask him about Carter that he doesn't want to answer because he wants him to finish his picture?

5. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?

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